Guns-to-work bill gets a bullseye

Just when it looked like the guns-to-work bill was going to sail through the Legislature, now it's up for target practice.

But in Senate Criminal Justice on Tuesday, Sen. Mike Bennett added a measure to give businesses immunity from lawsuits, if a shooting happens in their parking lots as a result of this bill.

The problem is, the amendment adds a new interest group trying to torpedo the bill: trial lawyers. The bill's next step is the Judiciary Committee, largely comprised of attorneys. As NRA spokeswoman Marion Hammer put it: "I don’t think it’s going to help the bill, I think it’s going to hurt it."

UPDATE! Bill passed with immunity for employers.

Comments

Sounds good. Suck it trial lawyers!

They do cut into your bottom line, don't they, 4:28? Just like government regulations protecting the people from unscrupulous uncaring corporate greed.

who does this bennett think he is??

when i wanna carry my pen.., er, gun, i wanna carry MY GUN!!

(signed)

goober

[Annie Oakley]

And in the Diabolocal Plan set up by William Large and the Justice Reform Institute, the Gun Bill brings us INCREASED TORT REFORM!!!! I LOVE IT. Now what will Lori Weems and Manny Prieguez do? Will they represent their client the Trial Bar...or will they represent their client the AFL-CIO...

4:35 -

I am so glad you asked...

Actually, they don't cut into the bottom line. In the business world, we figure in the cost of stupid litigation, and, as such, i must simply pass this cost on to you, the consumer, in order to keep my profit margin the same.

have some more koolaid, 4.55, if you believe the "cost of stupid litigation" impacts your bottom line.

instead, it is the irresponsible bidness people who would rather profit selling or providing UNsafe krap and insurance kriminals who would rather jack up rates instead of policing the aforesaid "bidness people", who they know to be irresponsible but still readily accept their premiums.

i wanna be around when you decide, like bobbie bork, to sue someone...hypocrite!!

Right, that's what i said...they don't impact my bottom line because i pass this cost on to you in the form of higher prices.

Did you not understand?

I like the bring your gun to work bill. How else is a young gun going to learn about what it's owner does for a living? How will it know what career opportunities are out there?

I suggest an amendment, however, since it's germane: on take your daughter to work day, allow parents to store their kids in a locked car.

this makes perfect sense - if you're going to deny a business the right to setting polivy on its own private property, then you can't hold them culpapble for what may happen as a result.

I bet 5:00 wears Nike shoes made in sweatshops and buys his detergent (if he even uses it) at Wal Mart, because its always the lowest prices...always.

as long as those prices are dropping like a rock.

Is there no limit to what the politicians who pander to the NRA will do?

Scum of the Earth and their in our legislature.

Wow, lawyers in the Legislature actually voted to prevent their own kind from pursuing frivolous lawsuits? This must be a first in world history.